Mark Honigsbaum

Mark Honigsbaum is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and the author of 'A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics: death, panic and hysteria, 1850-1920'. He tweets at @honigsbaum

Researchers in Canada, Britain, the US and Mali are testing drugs they hope will stop the humanitarian disaster unfolding in west Africa – and prevent Ebola becoming as prolific as HIV. By
Mark Honigsbaum

Scientists are dismissive of the hype surrounding the Epoc device, yet advocates claim it can enable completely paralysed people to communicate with their loved ones. Does it give sufferers false hope?

In Bristol, Molly the robot helps the elderly; in Lyon, iCub plays children's games. And, globally, some extraordinary developments are under way in artificial intelligence that could have a profound effect on the way we live